Philanthropy

The University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines proposed PHP1.2-million worth of funding as an upgrade to its existing Urban Community MicroFarm project.

To help improve the region’s forest cover, employees of the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy in Bangsamoro have conducted simultaneous tree planting activities.

The Department of Agriculture in Central Luzon staged a harvest festival on Wednesday in an effort to provide farmers with more opportunities to attain a higher yield and income in the province.

Government troops have extended support to the indigenous people community in Aurora Province as part of the programs of the Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict in the province.

A wild a Brahminy Kite and a Rufous Night Heron was recenlty released at the bird sanctuary of the Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology (ZSCMST).

The Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund contributed largely to the Philippines' food security amid the Covid-19 pandemic, an official of the Department of Agriculture said.

The Department of Agrarian Reform in Bicol will turn over a PHP3.7-million communal irrigation system that is seen to boost rice productivity to a farmer-irrigators' association in Camarines Norte anytime this month.

The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 3 will continue to implement the rice hybridization program in Central Luzon to attain rice self-sufficiency.

A full year since the project was green-lit by SMC President and Chief Executive Officer Ramon S. Ang himself, it has more than lived up to its purpose of making productive use of idle land at the head office property.

After the government reported recent outbreaks of avian influenza in several duck and quail farms in Bulacan and Pampanga, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee stated that creating the Virology Institute of the Philippines (VIP) would be crucial in ensuring the agriculture sector's recovery.